Chapter 263: A Unified Border, Two Years Later
“Didn’t you say that you are not willing to join Mount Creation and that you would suffer if you did? If you are not willing to join us, why did you consume Young Master Watson’s potion?”
Lophis discovered that his buddies had eaten the Blessings of the G.o.ds and Demons; they had also evolved into angels. He pursed his lips.
“Captain Lophis, have a look at those. If Mayor Adele were here, she would undoubtedly agree. I could only guess her response. I did not mean to go against it,” a guard explained as he retracted the angel wings on his back. He ma.s.saged his platinum-tier armor tenderly.
“You’re right. Who said anything about not going up the mountain? Did anyone say something like that? I did not.” The rest of the guards played dumb.
They were concerned that Adele might become enraged if they accepted those rewards, but they no longer give a d*mn. Adele’s thoughts had nothing to do with them. After all, she could not make them advance to platinum-tier or provide them eternal life. However, Watson could do it.
If someone had told them before they arrived at the mountain that there was a potion in the world that could turn people into platinum-tier, they would have believed those people were insane. They had changed their mind; they realized just how foolish they were.
“Shameless!”
Lophis adjusted his att.i.tude and walked swiftly toward Watson after snorting coldly at his subordinates. “Young Master Watson, thank you so much for giving me these gifts!” he said politely as he knelt on one knee. “I shall travel to Vermillion Town right now and tell the people there to join Mount Creation.”
“Go ahead; I shall wait for your good news.”
Lophis stood up and bowed deeply to Watson again as the younger man waved his hand. He turned around and flew away from Mount Creation, accompanied by his four subordinates. They had used the magical route established outside Mount Creation when they arrived, but since they had advanced to platinum-tier and became angels, they could use their wings to fly instead. They wanted to experience that feeling since they had just advanced.
Watson stretched his back as he watched Lophis and the others left; he said, “I knew that Vermillion Town would join the Mount Creation. The border will be unified when Mount Creation merges with Vermillion Town, as I had predicted. My plan for the border’s transformation will come to an end, and I can go to the royal city without any worry.”
He tilted his head to look at the distant sky, which was in the direction of the center of the Holy Dragon Kingdom.
He had never forgotten that the king had sent Moriarty to destroy the border. He had not left because he was worried about his family and friends in Blackmoon Town. However, everyone on Mount Creation had advanced to platinum-tier, and they had also obtained immortality. Even if the kingdom sent all their troops to attack them, they might not be able to capture them. Even if they were caught, they would not die either. He could finally be at ease.
“Based on the time flow on Mount Creation, I think Lophis will return in two to three days. I’ll go back and make preparations first.”
Watson had predicted that, but Lophis had returned after only one day.
The trip to Vermillion Town to spread the word about joining Mount Creation had gone off without a hitch. Vermillion Town had already been affected by Mount Creation before that. For example, a magical pa.s.sage that could move on its own was that. For example, the magic pa.s.sage that could automatically move was built in front of the town’s gates. There was also the enigmatic platinum-tier material discovered in the initial hot stone mine. Those objects had always seemed magical to the locals. That wonderful feeling was projected onto Mount Creation after they learned that those things came from the mountain.
That was not the most crucial point.
The fact that Lophis and the others had returned to town was the most essential thing. They had a halo above their heads, which symbolized that they were angels. They were also in platinum-tier armor and had a rare treasure, the Phoenix Egg. Would the rest of them obtain a set of platinum-tier armor as well? They would not be able to get even a sliver of iron on the armor, let alone the platinum-tier armor.
Would they be able to make it to the platinum tier?
Even more so, they were unlikely to accomplish that in their lifetime. Platinum-tier armor was already equal to that of the king. There were only a few platinum-tier elites in the kingdom. They would be able to gain something that they could not get even if they worked hard for ten lifetimes unless they joined Mount Creation. Who could possibly refuse that offer?
Even if Adele were there, she would make the same choice too. Plus, Adele had left Vermillion Town for the royal city; there was no one to stop them.
Within two hours, everyone in town had approved the plan to join Mount Creation and become a subordinate town. They went home and waited for the time when their town would be fused with Mount Creation. Then, Lophis hurried back to Mount Creation to give his report.
Watson did not hesitate after receiving Lophis’ report; he immediately started the fusion. He fused Vermillion Town with Mount Creation, transforming it into a town south of the mountain.
When that was done, all the towns and borders along the border were merged into one, and they were under Blackmoon Town’s control. That day was not only a historic day at the border; it was also a day that would go down in the Holy Dragon Kingdom’s history—the legend of Watson and the Blackmoon Knights would spread over the entire continent from that point onward.
That day was the 31st of the first month of the 222nd year of the Holy Dragon Calendar.
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The third month of the 222nd year of the Holy Dragon Calendar had come to an end.
Vermillion Town had joined Mount Creation for two months, and Mount Creation had been in operation for nearly two years.
Mount Creation had changed dramatically in those two years. First, a spiral staircase had been built around the World Tree at the summit of Mount Creation. There were numerous diamond trees on both sides of the stairs. Upon closer inspection, those diamond-like trees were revealed to be diamond-tier magical staffs with diamond branches and leaves sprouting from them.
Rooms hovered in mid-air around the spiral staircase. Fruits, weapons, armor, medicinal herbs, and other goods were in them. Each room was a ma.s.sive octahedron, and the goods heaped inside were all of the same kind.
No one knew the height of the spiral staircase, and no one counted how many rooms were there too. Angels with ma.s.sive chests swooped through the skies from time to time and came to the transparent rooms. They emptied the contents of the chests into the chambers.
A group of knights in black armor flew past in the higher sky. They had six wings on their backs, which were similarly covered in black armor. Giant dragons galloped beneath them, lifting their heads and roaring at the sky.
“It has been two years and I have not realized it. Mount Creation has endured earth-shattering transformations.”
A 1.6-meter-tall youth stood on a shaded lawn beneath the World Tree; he had his hands crossed behind his head and a blade of gra.s.s in his teeth as he looked up in the sky.
“Yes, the resources on Mount Creation are increasing at an exponential rate every day. We couldn’t even cover everyone at the border at first, but after a few months, those things had overrun the fields and streets. We didn’t even have any s.p.a.ce to put them! Then, we turned silver-tier weapons to gold-tier and gold-tier ones into platinum-tier. Even then, the resources continue to grow. Fortunately, you managed to build a spiral tower on the World Tree and stored the excess resources in the sky, which solved the problem.”
The voice of a mature man echoed from the youth’s side. The individual had two little black horns on his brow. He had pointy ears, and his purple eyes shone a demonic light. It was Sylvan; he had taken the Blessings of the G.o.ds and Demons and transformed into a fallen elf.
Sylvan’s aura was five times greater than it had been two years before that. It was as though he had walked into a diamond.
The attractive young man with blue eyes stood opposite him. Even though his aura was platinum-tier at best, it was even more enigmatic than a diamond-tier aura. It was Watson.